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Chefs at Waimauku's The Hunting Lodge can be found digging, weeding and harvesting in the huge permaculture garden just across the driveway from the kitchen. The Hunting Lodge now grows about 60… Audio

Cam and Melissa Booker grow more than 30 varieties of fruit and vegetables at their market garden in North Canterbury. All the produce, as well as apples from the family orchard in Motueka, is sold at… Video, Audio

Converting to organics has been a rewarding challenge for filmmaker and farmer Gaylene Barnes and her brother Andrew. They grow vegetables commercially on the family farm at Highbank in Canterbury… Audio, Gallery

Niva and Yotam Kay grow vegetables on just 1000 square metres of land in the Kauaeranga Valley and last year produced a staggering 8 tonnes of vegetables from it. They say they can do even better. Audio, Gallery

Music is great. But what if it could be nutritious as well? Simon Morton speaks to Daniel Battaglia, Music Director of the Long Island Vegetable Orchestra, about turning tubers into music makers. Audio, Gallery

New Zealander Aaron Bertelsen is head vegetable gardener and cook at The Great Dixter – a historic house and garden in East Sussex. He talks about the value of good soil and shares a fennel and a kale… Audio

What is vitamin C and why do we need it? Which foods have the most vitamin C? Should we pop pills when we think we're getting a cold, or are we just producing expensive urine? And can vit C really… Video, Audio

They have runnerbeans growing up the side of a police station in Canterbury, and if you pick them you won't get arrested. They're there - like many of the fruit and vegies growing in Geraldine - for… Audio, Gallery

Tim Martin is an ecologist who in his spare time cultivates a magnificent fruit and vege garden at his Mt Wellington home in Auckland. He shares tips on how to get the best out of your vege patch all… Audio, Gallery